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Speak up and speak out.

After yesterday's excitement, today it's back to the reality of putting together funding bids, answering emails, and hatching plans. Oh, and if you're looking for a copy of 'snapshots', it's available here: ignitebooks.co.uk/product/snapsh…

Thank you. 😊

I should be busy working on a funding application. So – obviously – I'm doing absolutely anything else. Look! A shiny new blog! stevepottinger.co.uk/craic/radio-wa…

And then the coffee kicked in... #poetry #haiku

We're just three days away from the Ironbridge Festival poetry slam. Which means Emma Purshouse Poet is collating slammers' intros, and steve pottinger will be shopping for *incredible* prizes. And you can get your tickets for Sunday's poetry extravaganza here bit.ly/3YZ7o3S 🙂

Best-selling books in our online shop this week? 'Dogged' by Emma Purshouse Poet, 'A Marvellous Party' by Ian Elmslie, 'snapshots from the fall of home' by steve pottinger 🙂 ignitebooks.co.uk

Incredible project by GSM Wolverhampton showing how art, creativity, spoken word can be a boon to people in recovery. Exhibition at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton till 27th of this month. Check it out.

Got time on your hands this weekend? Why not send an entry or two in to the Ironbridge Festival poetry competition? Our judge Paul Francis is waiting to read your work...

Not sure the two lads sharing a spliff before heading in to the local gym have *quite* got this keep fit thing nailed, but hey, each to their own. 😂

That's brightened up my weekend. 🙂

If you’re busy claiming to be left wing and anti-fascist, but sharing videos from Turning Point, you really need to give your head a wobble. A massive wobble. #ThisWasAPublicServiceAnnouncement

Absolutely this.

Israel's propagandists justified the genocidal onslaught against Gaza by falsely claiming Israeli babies were beheaded. They used that lie to justify killing so many babies that it takes 14 pages to list the 0 year old Palestinians known to have been killed by Israel's weapons.

A politician who wants students to learn about the Holocaust while he and his government remain silent about – and help arm – an ongoing genocide, really needs to reflect on the hatred, dehumanisation, and political failures that led to the Holocaust.